Gaylord Fister:It would be hilarious if Yellowstone would blow, just to see Americans try to flee into Mexico.

Got news for ya: I'll be doing 1 of 2 things. First, my preferred method, would be stealing, refurbishing, and then launching a space shuttle. Second, failing that, I'll be stealing my mother and stepfather's sailboat and sailing to the U.K...because going EAST, instead of WEST (where said volcano is) makes more sense. That is, of course, assuming people can get past the giant ash cloud that would bury the western U.S. and Northern Mexico to get to the rest of Mexico. If I want a really nice climate year round, I'll go to the U.S. Virgin Islands because that, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Diego Garcia, and American Samoa are going to be the only intact U.S. territories.

Overall, I'm not worried. Geologic activity is always shifting, and in hot spots like Yellowstone and Kilauea are constantly changing and unstable to some degree. Believe me, there will be plenty of warning signs that the Yellowstone volcano is about to erupt. I imagine the weeks of constant large scale earthquakes in the region would be the a big clue. However, when every wild animal in the park runs for its farking life, then you might want to start checking out housing on other continents.Irony: Prevailing winds are west to east, so actually the west coast will be in better shape than the east coast. Although the entire state of Wyoming is farked. There are no signs of an eruption occurring, and recent studies have suggested the hot spot is actually cooling off, not growing.

For all y'all who haven't RTFA: "As they examined possible fixes, park officials warned visitors not to hike into the affected area, where the danger of stepping through solid-looking soil into boiling-hot water was high."

presumably they'll have some warning if the supervolcano erupts but it's a good sign that it lets out a lot of steam and heat.

bobothemagnificent:Gaylord Fister: It would be hilarious if Yellowstone would blow, just to see Americans try to flee into Mexico.

Got news for ya: I'll be doing 1 of 2 things. First, my preferred method, would be stealing, refurbishing, and then launching a space shuttle. Second, failing that, I'll be stealing my mother and stepfather's sailboat and sailing to the U.K...because going EAST, instead of WEST (where said volcano is) makes more sense. That is, of course, assuming people can get past the giant ash cloud that would bury the western U.S. and Northern Mexico to get to the rest of Mexico. If I want a really nice climate year round, I'll go to the U.S. Virgin Islands because that, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Diego Garcia, and American Samoa are going to be the only intact U.S. territories.

Overall, I'm not worried. Geologic activity is always shifting, and in hot spots like Yellowstone and Kilauea are constantly changing and unstable to some degree. Believe me, there will be plenty of warning signs that the Yellowstone volcano is about to erupt. I imagine the weeks of constant large scale earthquakes in the region would be the a big clue. However, when every wild animal in the park runs for its farking life, then you might want to start checking out housing on other continents.Irony: Prevailing winds are west to east, so actually the west coast will be in better shape than the east coast. Although the entire state of Wyoming is farked. There are no signs of an eruption occurring, and recent studies have suggested the hot spot is actually cooling off, not growing.

The East Coast would have some short term disruption, but would be absolutely fine. Serious dust fallout would happen in about a 500 mile diameter and the rest of the west would get hit pretty hard, but the rest of the US would get a manageable amount, and while cleanup would be a pain in the ass, it wouldn't be that serious a problem. On the east coast, you're talking about a dusting of ash at most.

bobothemagnificent:Gaylord Fister: It would be hilarious if Yellowstone would blow, just to see Americans try to flee into Mexico.

Got news for ya: I'll be doing 1 of 2 things. First, my preferred method, would be stealing, refurbishing, and then launching a space shuttle. Second, failing that, I'll be stealing my mother and stepfather's sailboat and sailing to the U.K...because going EAST, instead of WEST (where said volcano is) makes more sense. That is, of course, assuming people can get past the giant ash cloud that would bury the western U.S. and Northern Mexico to get to the rest of Mexico. If I want a really nice climate year round, I'll go to the U.S. Virgin Islands because that, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Diego Garcia, and American Samoa are going to be the only intact U.S. territories.

Overall, I'm not worried. Geologic activity is always shifting, and in hot spots like Yellowstone and Kilauea are constantly changing and unstable to some degree. Believe me, there will be plenty of warning signs that the Yellowstone volcano is about to erupt. I imagine the weeks of constant large scale earthquakes in the region would be the a big clue. However, when every wild animal in the park runs for its farking life, then you might want to start checking out housing on other continents.Irony: Prevailing winds are west to east, so actually the west coast will be in better shape than the east coast. Although the entire state of Wyoming is farked. There are no signs of an eruption occurring, and recent studies have suggested the hot spot is actually cooling off, not growing.

Depending on where you live, the options might be less than you think. The unfortunate thing isn't really what happens in the first few weeks, it is the following years. Do a little studying if you want to know about something not worth worrying about. ;)

Cynicism101:For all y'all who haven't RTFA: "As they examined possible fixes, park officials warned visitors not to hike into the affected area, where the danger of stepping through solid-looking soil into boiling-hot water was high."

presumably they'll have some warning if the supervolcano erupts but it's a good sign that it lets out a lot of steam and heat.

It's always doing that. This just means that the underground water table has probably shifted or expanded, which isn't a surprise given the bad winter we had. There are multiple warnings that we know of for volcanic eruptions: massive numbers of microquakes and small quakes (given the size of this volcano, those will probably be full scale quakes), release of gases like sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide, ground swelling, etc. It's an open secret that Yellowstone is probably the most closely monitored volcanoes in the U.S. The only volcanoes that are monitored just as heavily are active all the active volcanoes in Hawaii and Alaska plus the Cascade range volcanoes. And the chances that Mt. Rainer will explode is greater than Yellowstone at this point. Although is you see John Cussak in a plane, you might want to GTFO of the continental U.S. in a hurry.

Cynicism101:presumably they'll have some warning if the supervolcano erupts but it's a good sign that it lets out a lot of steam and heat.

Maybe not. One theory of supervolcano eruption is that it happens when the magma cools/shrinks and withdraws from the roof of the chamber... if the magma chamber roof then collapses, the eruption happens due to magma suddenly being exposed to much lower atmospheric pressure. So less surface heat might be a bad sign.

Gaylord Fister:It would be hilarious if Yellowstone would blow, just to see Americans try to flee into Mexico.

Actually, it is my understanding that early this year the United States reached an agreement with the nations of Argentina, Brazil, and Australia to house American refugees in the event of a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone.

I came across this info last month when I was actually doing some research on apartheid for something I'm writing. Apparently, South Africa was slated to be one of the destinations for refugees but declined because they feared that such a massive influx of Americans could lead to a resurgence in apartheid.

Kind of allowed myself to go on an internet tangent and spend a few days looking into what's going on with Yellowstone, and as it turns out since March that place has seen a lot of increased seismic activity, mass animal evacuations, and several long dormant geysers like Steamboat and Giantess are now spewing nonstop.

Percise1:bobothemagnificent: Gaylord Fister: It would be hilarious if Yellowstone would blow, just to see Americans try to flee into Mexico.

Got news for ya: I'll be doing 1 of 2 things. First, my preferred method, would be stealing, refurbishing, and then launching a space shuttle. Second, failing that, I'll be stealing my mother and stepfather's sailboat and sailing to the U.K...because going EAST, instead of WEST (where said volcano is) makes more sense. That is, of course, assuming people can get past the giant ash cloud that would bury the western U.S. and Northern Mexico to get to the rest of Mexico. If I want a really nice climate year round, I'll go to the U.S. Virgin Islands because that, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Diego Garcia, and American Samoa are going to be the only intact U.S. territories.

Overall, I'm not worried. Geologic activity is always shifting, and in hot spots like Yellowstone and Kilauea are constantly changing and unstable to some degree. Believe me, there will be plenty of warning signs that the Yellowstone volcano is about to erupt. I imagine the weeks of constant large scale earthquakes in the region would be the a big clue. However, when every wild animal in the park runs for its farking life, then you might want to start checking out housing on other continents.Irony: Prevailing winds are west to east, so actually the west coast will be in better shape than the east coast. Although the entire state of Wyoming is farked. There are no signs of an eruption occurring, and recent studies have suggested the hot spot is actually cooling off, not growing.

Depending on where you live, the options might be less than you think. The unfortunate thing isn't really what happens in the first few weeks, it is the following years. Do a little studying if you want to know about something not worth worrying about. ;)

That's kind of what hit me about the refugee plans after I started researching Yellowstone- it doesn't matter where they put you in the event of a supervolcanic eruption. It's pretty likely that you're going to die when the sun is blotted out for years and famine and plague sweep the face of the planet. Sure, some folks will live, but them folks probably ain't gonna be you.

radarlove:Percise1: bobothemagnificent: Gaylord Fister: It would be hilarious if Yellowstone would blow, just to see Americans try to flee into Mexico.

Got news for ya: I'll be doing 1 of 2 things. First, my preferred method, would be stealing, refurbishing, and then launching a space shuttle. Second, failing that, I'll be stealing my mother and stepfather's sailboat and sailing to the U.K...because going EAST, instead of WEST (where said volcano is) makes more sense. That is, of course, assuming people can get past the giant ash cloud that would bury the western U.S. and Northern Mexico to get to the rest of Mexico. If I want a really nice climate year round, I'll go to the U.S. Virgin Islands because that, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Diego Garcia, and American Samoa are going to be the only intact U.S. territories.

Overall, I'm not worried. Geologic activity is always shifting, and in hot spots like Yellowstone and Kilauea are constantly changing and unstable to some degree. Believe me, there will be plenty of warning signs that the Yellowstone volcano is about to erupt. I imagine the weeks of constant large scale earthquakes in the region would be the a big clue. However, when every wild animal in the park runs for its farking life, then you might want to start checking out housing on other continents.Irony: Prevailing winds are west to east, so actually the west coast will be in better shape than the east coast. Although the entire state of Wyoming is farked. There are no signs of an eruption occurring, and recent studies have suggested the hot spot is actually cooling off, not growing.

Depending on where you live, the options might be less than you think. The unfortunate thing isn't really what happens in the first few weeks, it is the following years. Do a little studying if you want to know about something not worth worrying about. ;)

That's kind of what hit me about the refugee plans after I started researching Yellowstone- it doesn't matter whe ...

I'd consider staying put. I'm in the middle of AG land just off of the coast in NorCal. The serious ash might not even get to me and food grows here (now anyway), but if I get sent to an exotic and dangerous land to live out my last few years, I'm damn well going to make them interesting!My view of life is that you can always die later, why rush?